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Jeremiah 21:13

Good News Translation

You, Jerusalem, are sitting high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses.

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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forever.

The Israelites left Sukkoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

When the festival begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord did for you when you left Egypt.

This is a message about the Valley of Vision. What is happening? Why are all the people of the city celebrating on the roofs of the houses?

and on the mountains in the open country. I will have your enemies take away your wealth and your treasures because of all the sins you have committed throughout your land.

I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.

Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the Lord will bring you down. The Lord has spoken.”

“Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign Lord Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.

Babylonia, you are like a mountain that destroys the whole world, but I, the Lord, am your enemy. I will take hold of you, level you to the ground, and leave you in ashes.

Stop believing those deceitful words, ‘We are safe! This is the Lord's Temple, this is the Lord's Temple, this is the Lord's Temple!’

No one anywhere, not even rulers of foreign nations, believed that any invader could enter Jerusalem's gates.

So the Sovereign Lord says to them, “Your words are false, and your visions are lies. I am against you.

that I, the Lord, am saying: I am your enemy. I will draw my sword and kill all of you, good and evil alike.

I, the Sovereign Lord, declare that I am your enemy. I will take my sheep away from you and never again let you be their shepherds; never again will I let you take care only of yourselves. I will rescue my sheep from you and not let you eat them.

And so I, the Sovereign Lord, am telling you that I am your enemy. I will pass judgment on you where all the nations can see it.

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”

“I am your enemy!” says the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots. Your soldiers will be killed in war, and I will take away everything that you took from others. The demands of your envoys will no longer be heard.”




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